I went to school with her at Colorado State University and while I never knew her personally, she was a real hometown hero to us Coloradoans who cheered her on at the '96 Olympics as she trounced her competition.
Just a sad, terrible story to hear on the news today.
A Quad ? One of the most dangerous piles of junk around
Horrific news. I wish her the best in dealing with this tragic event.
There have been a lot of advancements in the treatment of spinal injuries over the last 20 years or so. Prayers up for the doctors’ hands and skills to heal.
The news babe at Fox reported this as “a TV accident” and nobody corrected her through the whole broadcast.
Prayers for VanDyken’s recovery and for reading lessons for Uma.
Almighty Father, I ask for whatever degree of recovery You will for her, to Your Glory, and that all their needs be met. I ask this in the Holy Name of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, Amen.
Why was she driving an ATV in a restaurant parking lot?
Terrible and best wishes for a great recovery.
Oh, and clearly we now need to ban guns.
Prayers for her and her family. Here’s some info on spinal cord injuries http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-severed-spinal-cord.htm
“Clinical trials began in 2010 using embryonic stem cells to treat patients with a severed spinal cord after years of studies on animals.”
I’m sure she’ll receive the best possible treatment.
The technical stuff is halfway down..
Is she the swimmer in the “Tommie Copper” ads I have been seeing?
According to a witness, Van Dyken “launched” over a curb Friday afternoon in an ATV area in Arizona known as Torreon ... and plummeted 5 to 7 feet ... before crashing into the ground.
Paramedics raced to the scene and found Amy conscious but unable to move her toes or her feet. She also could not feel anything touching her legs.
According to the crash report, obtained by TMZ Sports, Amy’s husband told officials Amy was NOT consuming any alcohol that evening.
Her husband, Thomas Rouen, also told officials “just a couple days prior he had switched the throttle mechanism on the ATV from a thumb accelerator to a twist accelerator. [He] was unsure if that may have caused a problem in how Amy was used to operating the ATV.”
The report notes Amy was not wearing a helmet at the time of the crash.
Now, Amy’s family has released a statement saying her husband Tom was by her side when a helicopter arrived to transport her to a hospital in Scottsdale where “an amazing team of doctors performed emergency surgery to repair her spine and stabilize her.”
The family says, “Amy’s spinal cord was completely severed at the T11 vertebrae, but, miraculously, a broken vertebrae stopped within millimeters of rupturing her aorta, and she did not suffer any head trauma.”
“Amy awoke within hours of surgery acting like her typical spunky, boisterous, ebullient self and has spent the last 24 hours entertaining her family and her medical staff in the ICU. She has made at least one male nurse blush. Amy’s attitude has been overwhelmingly positive and optimistic. She has been far more of a comfort to us than we have been to her.”
http://www.tmz.com/2014/06/09/amy-van-dyken-spinal-cord-completely-severed/#ixzz34H3mOMOG
Amy Van Dyken-Rouen @amyvandyken · 4h
Making progress.. First day I sat up. Thank you all for the thoughts and prayers. http://instagram.com/p/pEm_ivtZYc/
https://twitter.com/amyvandyken
Prayers for this woman and her family.